Puerto Rico and the Legacy of Jim Crow

I am Afro Latina, my mother is a beautiful blue black Puerto Rican from Ponce. She and her family moved to Loiza where most of my family lived, before her family moved to the South Bronx. My father is Cuban. Both of my parents grew up in the African religion of Santeria. They passed this ancient ancestral Yoruba Nigerian religion to all of their children. Africa was passed down to us through our music, our food, our religion and our very physical being. I am a proud Afro descendant.🇵🇷✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

Being such a small island in the middle of the Caribbean, the Puerto Rican people have made tremendous amounts of contribution to society and culture on the global scale. Our people truly are a special breed, and we deserve so much better. Que viva Puerto Rico!

I was born in Brooklyn but my parents were born in PR. My parents moved here to the mainland in the mid 1940's. My family's origins are Portuguese and Spanish. During a family reunion visit to PR in 2017 June, before Maria hit the island, I met hundreds of cousins. I was surprised to hear how the younger generation identified more with Puerto Rico whereas the much senior relatives identified themselves as Islanos from Tenerife, Canary Islands. During the reunion, many spoke of their parents journey here from Tenerife and the struggles they endured during their journey. Because my Spanish comprehension is limited, I am so happy to have found these channels because I am learning a lot of history that was not taught to me by my parents because they moved to the mainland when they were just teens themselves. My parents always said they were Puerto Ricans.

You did a good job educating fellow Americans something the Federal Government won't do🙏

Ever since I visited Puerto Rico in 1984 on a Caribbean cruse, I have been fascinated by the Territory.

Modupe and gracias Mulata. This talk at John Jay really should have started off with a short history of the Afrakan roots in Puerto Rico and all of the Carribean. When I was growing up in Brooklyn many blacks and 'Ricans were in relationship with each other and equally conscious. I would listen to artists like Ray Baretto , Celia Cruz . the Lebron brothers[ Black Latino ] ; all who sang about Afraka when the american born Black folk did not! We cannot let them divide us , we are All Afrakans mixed with the colonizers poison blood.

THE TRUTH IS POURING OUT. IT'S RAINING.

Such an important and timely subject especially as of January 6, 2021.....

I congratulate Prof. Morin for an excellent presentation of a taboo subject for the United States government. I think that it was highly beneficial and should be continue to impact as many people possible. That is the only way to get us to understand how we got into our predicament, and give us the wisdom to create an intelligent way out.

Native American reservations are also under the control of the u.s. government essentially they are colonies.

I am Puerto rican on my fathers side and although ive never been there ive always wanted to learn more about the people I come from.

I didn't want this to end. I want to learn more....thank you.

No matter what History has proven or can’t really prove I love my Puerto Rican Blood 🩸 we are The Special blend of people that can mix in with the whole world 🌎 any race or people only becuz we love everyone !!! We have no race hate in our blood 🩸 we are brought up to protect fight and love ❤️ and I am proud of this! American Born Boricua Born in America but bred from two Beautiful Taino blood 🩸 Parents Pure Bred.......

Mom and dad are Puerto Rican and I’m teased for allegedly “Thinking im black”. From people family black friends etc it’s sad but I know what i know

If Jim Crow was practiced in Puerto Rico in reference to Afro Puerto Ricans it was due to the USA colonization since Spain did not have that strict separation-of-races policy. As for Puerto Ricans being included in Jim Crow policies in the USA? Well,. my mother and father weren't forced to go to the back of the bus or to separate themselves from Anglo Americas during Jim Crow in Miami and they were Puerto Rican. However, my Aunt's husband, who was Afro Puerto Rican, and was serving in the USA armed forces, was.

As a relatively new resident of Puerto Rico (Sept., 2016) I am seeking to better understand my new home. I found this talk excellent! I recently read "War Against all Puerto Ricans" by Nelson Denys (copyright 2015) and "The History of Puerto Rico from the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation" (1903 copyright). As you may have noticed from copyright dates and their respective titles, the books very much reflect their times and available scholarship. The information presented in "War Against all Puerto Ricans" blew my mind and strengthened my desire to learn more. So, the cosmos gifted me this informative, well done talk. Thank you. Best wishes...

The Spanish Caribbean nations has a hard time because under the crown the racial and social class was mixed it’s a old Spanish saying referring to the “abuelita in the closet” in their culture you can achieve whiteness ie freedom by mixing. Which is the exact opposite of the British and French theory of the 1 drop rule. I think we further divide our selfs when we say black as a people we should denounce that terminology and identify as diasporan’s and then our nationality notice how persons of white descent never identify as Caucasian when asking someone of the same race they mention their nationality,where their lineage stems from like polish Italian etc.

Muchas gracias por presentar este programa. Muchísima erudición y también entretenido.

I grew up in NYC, mom from PR, dad’s parents, my grandparents from Barbados. I check two boxes, Black and Latino. I’m not other and neither is anyone else! My personal preferences have on occasion made me a teacher lol. So be it…🤷🏽‍♂️😂

Puerto Rican on my father's side / Cape Verde, and Cherokee on my Mom's side. Tribe of Ephraim on my Biblical side all praises all my CHOSEN brothers, and sisters.